Overview

• Windows Central editor Jez Corden reported on the Xbox Two Podcast that Fallout 5 has been fully greenlit with funding redirected from the canceled Blackbird MMO.
• Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier disputed this view by asserting that Xbox’s layoffs were broad fiscal cutbacks rather than a strategic reallocation for the new title.
• Microsoft and Bethesda have not issued any formal announcement confirming Fallout 5’s development or its budget source.
• Bethesda Game Studios is currently focused on Starfield DLC and The Elder Scrolls VI, leaving the lead team for Fallout 5 unannounced.
• Separately, industry reports indicate a Fallout 3 remaster may be in development and could precede the next mainline entry.